Práticas de biosseguridade em granjas avícolas com finalidade para corte na Ilha do Maranhão

Abstract

Poultry farming is a consolidated activity in Brazil, with great importance for the movement of the national economy and representativeness in the generation of jobs (direct and indirect) and income for thousands of Brazilians. In the state of Maranhão, activity is expanding with regard to the increase in the number of corridors for the creation and use of technology (genetics, food and health). In this favorable production scenario, whether in Brazil or in Maranhão, the use of biosecurity techniques is necessary throughout the production cycle, to guarantee the quality, compliance and safety of products intended for human consumption. In this context, the objective of the study was to evaluate biosecurity practices in poultry farms with the purpose of cutting in Ilha do Maranhão. As a populational universe of the research, six poultry farms for commercial purposes (Gallus gallus domesticus) located on the Island of Maranhão were evaluated. To collect information on biosecurity, a checklist was used, which constituted a roadmap for monitoring good broiler production practices, with only two topics selected: (i) biosecurity and management; and, (ii) poultry litter. With the checklist used, seven variables were evaluated and 53 items were analyzed, in which 98.11% of the items (n= 52/53) were in compliance with good biosecurity practices, in the six evaluated farms. The work was designed to evaluate the main biosecurity practices in poultry farms, with the number of farms sampled being representative of the area evaluated as they constituted 100% of them. The small percentage (1.19%; n= 1/53) of non-compliant biosafety practices indicates low exposure to risks in livestock, since 98.11% of care (items) are carried out in accordance with the script used in all evaluated farms.